Posts Tagged ‘Officina Bodoni’

Scholar-Printer-Publisher at Verona

At his own press, the Officina Bodoni, Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig has for half a century combined scholarly research and fine craftsmanship. A bibliography of his work is now proposed.
‛Scholarly publishing,’ in the widest sense, exactly describes the work which Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig began at Montagnola di Lugano in 1922 and still continues at Verona. Giovanni Mardersteig was [...]

Giovanni Mardersteig: A Specimen of Dante and its New Semi-Bold Face

Two years ago The Monotype Corporation paid tribute to Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday by issuing a limited edition of a publication devoted to his typographic work with ‛Monotype’ faces. In view of the great interest shown in this publication, we are here printing an adaptation of the introductory essay by John [...]